fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · 6 months agoVenus Fly Trapsimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1674arrow-down120
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minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 months agoThen there’s the pitcher plant that isn’t really carnivorous, but relies on excrement…it’s not so much a pitcher as a toilet: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_lowii
minus-squaretroybot [he/him]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoAh so that’s why Victreebel is a poison type
minus-squarebatmaniam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoVictory bell is probably based off of highland pitchers (Nepenthes). Fun fact: In some parts of the world they’re called “monkey cups”. I don’t know if the monkeys actually drink out of them or not but that’s where the name came from lol.
Then there’s the pitcher plant that isn’t really carnivorous, but relies on excrement…it’s not so much a pitcher as a toilet: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_lowii
Ah so that’s why Victreebel is a poison type
Victory bell is probably based off of highland pitchers (Nepenthes). Fun fact: In some parts of the world they’re called “monkey cups”. I don’t know if the monkeys actually drink out of them or not but that’s where the name came from lol.